Delivering to a neighbour.

Post by **BingBong** » 28 Jan 2020, 09:54

Are we allowed to deliver recorded and tracked letters (no specials of course) to neighbours in the same way we do parcels? Wasn’t sure if they both come under the same thing? Cheers.

Hitcher · Post by **Hitcher** » 28 Jan 2020, 10:10

Yes, anything except Specials or 'Do not deliver to neighbour' trackers.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 28 Jan 2020, 10:19

Hitcher wrote:Yes, anything except Specials or 'Do not deliver to neighbour' trackers.

And some foreign "specials".
It tells you on the PDA whether you can deliver to neighbour or not.

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 28 Jan 2020, 13:41

BingBong wrote:Are we allowed to deliver recorded and tracked letters (no specials of course) to neighbours in the same way we do parcels? Wasn’t sure if they both come under the same thing? Cheers.

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NO !!! The person the letter is for May have a time frame to respond (eg before legal action is taken against them) .Neighbour signs for it and recipient is in Spain for a month. Sender sees letter is signed for but recipient not responded .
Your setting Yourself and others up for deep s**t

Tinoblade · Post by **Tinoblade** » 28 Jan 2020, 13:59

scoobydo79 wrote:
BingBong wrote:Are we allowed to deliver recorded and tracked letters (no specials of course) to neighbours in the same way we do parcels? Wasn’t sure if they both come under the same thing? Cheers.
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NO !!! The person the letter is for May have a time frame to respond (eg before legal action is taken against them) .Neighbour signs for it and recipient is in Spain for a month. Sender sees letter is signed for but recipient not responded .
Your setting Yourself and others up for deep s**t

Our PDA tells us whether we can deliver to neighbour or not!

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 28 Jan 2020, 14:19

Tinoblade wrote:
scoobydo79 wrote:
BingBong wrote:Are we allowed to deliver recorded and tracked letters (no specials of course) to neighbours in the same way we do parcels? Wasn’t sure if they both come under the same thing? Cheers.
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NO !!! The person the letter is for May have a time frame to respond (eg before legal action is taken against them) .Neighbour signs for it and recipient is in Spain for a month. Sender sees letter is signed for but recipient not responded .
Your setting Yourself and others up for deep s**t
Our PDA tells us whether we can deliver to neighbour or not!

You do your thing Il do mine. I’ve seen what happens when a neighbour signs for a personal letter.Incidently I’ve not heard of a disciplinary hearing in my office where a postman has been had up for docketing a sign for letter.Also the sender wants to see the recipients signature not the random bloke two doors down. Also the neighbor is likely to sign for it and the. Put it through the letter box straight after.

Grumpyoldmailman · Post by **Grumpyoldmailman** » 28 Jan 2020, 14:44

scoobydo79 wrote:
Tinoblade wrote:
scoobydo79 wrote:
BingBong wrote:Are we allowed to deliver recorded and tracked letters (no specials of course) to neighbours in the same way we do parcels? Wasn’t sure if they both come under the same thing? Cheers.
.
NO !!! The person the letter is for May have a time frame to respond (eg before legal action is taken against them) .Neighbour signs for it and recipient is in Spain for a month. Sender sees letter is signed for but recipient not responded .
Your setting Yourself and others up for deep s**t
Our PDA tells us whether we can deliver to neighbour or not!
You do your thing Il do mine. I’ve seen what happens when a neighbour signs for a personal letter.Incidently I’ve not heard of a disciplinary hearing in my office where a postman has been had up for docketing a sign for letter.Also the sender wants to see the recipients signature not the random bloke two doors down

It’s a strange system we have, yes your allowed to do it but I don’t like asking neighbours to sign for stuff. I won’t do it for a letter but maybe would if it’s a parcel and I know the neighbour. I have worked with people who will knock and get the neighbour to sign for a letter then go back to the original house and post it, that could go wrong in several ways imo.

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 28 Jan 2020, 15:02

Exactly. A letter can be 28 day eviction,car fault recall, prosecution.Dont do it Its not worth it.

kookoo32 · Post by **kookoo32** » 28 Jan 2020, 15:33

scoobydo79 wrote:Exactly. A letter can be 28 day eviction,car fault recall, prosecution.Dont do it Its not worth it.

100% agree. If I was to get a court letter and my neighbour signed for it I would be raging. The PDA might say it's okay but who is to say whether the customer or recipient is okay with it. As someone above said - it's not worth the risk.

ssdd · Post by **ssdd** » 28 Jan 2020, 15:38

Agree with others here. Wouldn't deliver a recorded letter to a neighbour. The recipient may not want to sign for it. You could argue that they may not want to sign for a parcel either, but less repurcussions if someone else does I would think.

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 28 Jan 2020, 15:59

Also agree - another scenario which an experienced postie told me which was a reason for not DTN was what if
there's a dispute between neighours, solicitor for neighbour A sends a signed for which you then take to neighbour B
who neighbour A is having the dispute with and then 'something happens' to that letter.......

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 28 Jan 2020, 16:05

If you want no hassle & to keep you job, if they are in, it 739 it & take it back, no neighbours, no safe place, thank me later

Tinoblade · Post by **Tinoblade** » 28 Jan 2020, 16:46

scoobydo79 wrote:
Tinoblade wrote:
scoobydo79 wrote:
BingBong wrote:Are we allowed to deliver recorded and tracked letters (no specials of course) to neighbours in the same way we do parcels? Wasn’t sure if they both come under the same thing? Cheers.
.
NO !!! The person the letter is for May have a time frame to respond (eg before legal action is taken against them) .Neighbour signs for it and recipient is in Spain for a month. Sender sees letter is signed for but recipient not responded .
Your setting Yourself and others up for deep s**t
Our PDA tells us whether we can deliver to neighbour or not!
You do your thing Il do mine. I’ve seen what happens when a neighbour signs for a personal letter.Incidently I’ve not heard of a disciplinary hearing in my office where a postman has been had up for docketing a sign for letter.Also the sender wants to see the recipients signature not the random bloke two doors down. Also the neighbor is likely to sign for it and the. Put it through the letter box straight after.

Hang on, you've just told me to do my thing and you do yours. However you're telling him straight up no he can't do it.

Tinoblade · Post by **Tinoblade** » 28 Jan 2020, 16:49

Rate, so I take a signed for to the neighbour they sign for it. The addressee isn't happy or whatever happens for there to be a complaint. What can happen to you as a postie? You've followed protocol.
This is a genuine question

world class male · Post by **world class male** » 28 Jan 2020, 17:06

as per pda, if option to go to neighbour is on, and you select it and input their name and house number then they'll be no comebacks
unless either once had a "do not deliver to neighbour" sticker years a go but now gone, even then it's hard to show anything wrong,
even then if the addressee complains then customer services reply should be an opt out note is sent to the duty and put with the redirects,
but nothing will be said about wrong procedures to the postie